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Deployment In this tutorial, I will guide you through the process of using the WordPress plugin Duplicator to migrate/move a development site to a live production server. There are many ways that this can be done with WordPress. 1. One way would be to upload all of our local files to the production server and then simply […]

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Production server environment setup, part 3. This tutorial will guide you through the initial steps to take once you have created a new Ubuntu 16.04 instance (DigitalOcean droplet). This tutorial sets up a single WordPress installation on a server with the option of adding more websites and domain names later. This tutorial assumes you have: 1. Created[…]

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Production server environment setup, part 2. This tutorial will guide you through the initial steps to take once you have created a new Ubuntu 16.04 instance (DigitalOcean droplet). 1. Login to your server using Git (or Putty) replacing ‘SERVER_IP_ADDRESS’ with your DigitalOcean IP address: $ ssh root@SERVER_IP_ADDRESS or from Putty by entering username/password 2. Add new user[…]

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Production server environment setup, part 1. This tutorial will install Ubuntu 16.04 on a DigitalOcean droplet. If you don’t have an account already, sign up to DigitalOcean using this link which will give you a $10 credit (2 months FREE using a $5/mo droplet!) which also helps support this site. 1. Once logged in to your account,[…]

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This tutorial will install WordPress on a local development server using Ubuntu 14.04 and Vagrant. This process is also applicable to Ubuntu 16.04. This step assumes you have already followed these steps: How to Install VirtualBox, Vagrant and Ubuntu for Local Development How to Install LAMP stack on Ubuntu 1. Create a new database If you followed[…]

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Local Development Environment Setup, Part 1 The Implementation & Testing Stage is where all the coding happens. It is also important to note that if we really wanted to simplify development, we could just go with a setup like XAMPP for our local development environment and for production, a shared hosting provider like imarkethost.com (disclosure: I own[…]

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Design In this stage, we focus on design and the organization of information known as Information Architecture (IA). We would also design our database schema but in this case it’s unnecessary because WordPress automatically sets up everything for us. However, for reference, our database schema would normally include a conceptual model, logical/relational model, and the Data Definition[…]

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Analysis In the Analysis Stage we cover the importance of defining and writing down the requirements. In the Initial Planning stage we covered how the Project Plan helps all stakeholders have a clear vision of the projects’ purpose and goals. Not only does this process set the project on the right course from the start, it also[…]

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Initial Planning In the Initial Planning Stage, the goal is to focus on defining the purpose, scope, high-level technical requirements, schedule, budget, risks and success criteria for the site. In other words, we form the Project Plan (also called the Project Charter). But before (and during) the formation of the Project Plan, I generally start by defining[…]

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I thought it would be interesting to launch this site by detailing the steps involved in its planning and development. Although this is a very simple site, the basic steps involved should be viewed as a starting point or template that can be customized to fit any website project. This is not meant to be an exhaustive[…]